Advanced Planning and Scheduling Solutions in Process Industry (GOR German Society of Operations Research Publications)

Hardcover, vi + 426 pages, NOT ex-library. Fine internally, clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps. Boards show gentle cosmetic wear and shelfworn marks. Published without a dust jacket. -- The past decade has shown an increasing level of interest, research and application of quantitative models and computer based tools in the process industry. These models and tools constitute the basis of so-called Advanced Planning Systems which have gained considerable attention in practice. In particular, OR methodology has been applied to analyze and support the design of supply networks, the planning and scheduling of operations, and control issues arising in the production of food and beverages, chemicals, pharmaceutical, for instance. This book provides both new insights and successful solutions to problems of production planning and scheduling, logistics and supply chain management. It comprises reports on the state of the art, applications of quantitative methods, as well as case studies and success stories from industry. Its contributions are written by leading experts from academia and business. The book addresses practitioners working in industry as well as academic researchers in production, logistics, and supply chain management. -- Contents: Advanced Planning and Scheduling in Process Industry; I. Methodology: -- Planning and Scheduling in the Process Industry; Advanced Production Scheduling for Batch Plants in Process Industries; Campaign Planning for Multi-Stage Batch Processes in the Chemical Industry; Solving Planning and Scheduling Problems with Combined Integer and Constraint Programming; Makespan Estimation and Order Acceptance in Batch Process Industries When Processing Times Are Uncertain; A Multi-Agent System for Chemical Supply Chain Simulation and Management Support; II. Industrial Applications and Case Studies: -- An Application of Mixed-Integer Linear Programming Models on the Redesign of the Supply Network of Nutricia Dairy & Drinks Group in Hungary; Combined Strategic and Operational Planning; An MILP Success Story in Chemical Industry; An Integrated System Solution for Supply Chain Optimization in the Chemical Process Industry; Plant Co-Ordination in Pharmaceutics Supply Networks; An MILP-Based Approach to the Short-Term Scheduling of Make-and-Pack Continuous Production Plants; Long Term Planning of Inter-Company Energy Supply Concepts; III. Environmental Issues: -- Business Case Océ: Reverse Logistic Network Re-Design for Copiers; Models for Recycling Electronics End-of-Life Products; Integrated Planning of Acquisition, Disassembly and Bulk Recycling: A Case Study on Electronic Scrap Recovery.…